School board joins in lawsuit against state

11:11 PM,
Jan. 9, 2014

Written by

Zane Hill
zhill@dailyworld.com

The St. Landry Parish School Board will join numerous other school boards in a lawsuit against the state.

The suit, St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, et all, v. State of Louisiana, et al, is over the Minimum Foundation Program, or MFP, which is the formula by which money is funneled to local school districts. The lawsuit alleges that the MFP was approved by the state legislature, but apparently not funded. It points out the state approved a MFP growth factor of 2.75 percent from the 2011-12 school year to the 2012-13 school year, but alleges that increase in funding was never paid.